Maternal immunity in fish

Developmental and Comparative Immunology

Volumn 39, Issue 1-2, 2013, Pages 72-78

  Zhang, Shicui ^a   Wang, Zhiping ^b   Wang, Hongmiao ^a  

^a OCEAN UNIVERSITY OF CHINA   (China)

^b WEINAN NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Egg; Fish; Maternal immunity; Maternal transfer; Yolk proteins

Indexed keywords

COMPLEMENT; EGG PROTEIN; FISH PROTEIN; LIPOVITELLIN; PHOSVITIN; VITELLOGENIN;

ADAPTIVE IMMUNITY; ANIMAL; FISH; IMMUNOLOGY; INNATE IMMUNITY; OOCYTE; PASSIVE IMMUNIZATION; REVIEW;

ADAPTIVE IMMUNITY; ANIMALS; COMPLEMENT SYSTEM PROTEINS; EGG PROTEINS; FISH PROTEINS; FISHES; IMMUNITY, INNATE; IMMUNITY, MATERNALLY-ACQUIRED; OOCYTES; PHOSVITIN; VITELLOGENINS;

MLCS; MLOWN;

EID: 85027955771     PISSN: 0145305X     EISSN: 18790089     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.dci.2012.02.009     Document Type: Review

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